University of Huddersfield
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📸 At a Glance

 🌍 Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, England
🎓 Russell Group ❌
⚖️ Race Equality Charter ✅ Bronze Award
💰 Scholarships Available ✅
🏅 Ranking: 43 (Complete University Guide 2026)

🔎 Overview

The University of Huddersfield’s main campus, Queensgate, is in the town centre of Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, between Leeds and Manchester. It offers degrees across seven academic schools, covering subjects including engineering, computing, business, law, education, applied sciences, nursing and health sciences, music, humanities, media, and creative arts such as art, design, and architecture.

 📊 Ethnicity Breakdown

  • Black: 8%
  • Mixed race: 3%
  • White: 50%
  • Asian: 36%
  • Other: 1%
  • Not known: 1%

💷 Scholarships & Funding

🔔 This university does not currently offer scholarships specifically for Black students. We recommend exploring their widening participation and general scholarships, as you may qualify based on your personal circumstances and academic achievement.

ℹ️ This scholarship supports study at the university but is funded and managed by an external organisation.

  • Chevening Scholarships – Chevening Scholarships are the UK government’s prestigious global scholarship programme, funded by the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO). Open to outstanding students with leadership potential from over 150 countries, Chevening provides full or part funding for a one-year postgraduate Master’s degree at any UK university.

👩🏿‍🎓👨🏾‍🎓 Student Life & Support

  • African Caribbean Society
  • African Students Society
  • Cameroonian Society
  • East African Society
  • Ghana Society
  • Nigerian Students’ Society
  • Somali Society
  • Sudanese Society
  • Ugandan Society

*The university also points students to its full clubs and societies directory under cultural/national societies, which may include additional or more up-to-date groups not listed here.

📣 Things Uni To Know

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What this means

•Race Equality Charter: Recognises universities improving ethnic minority representation and outcomes. Awards include Bronze, Silver, or Gold; some universities are members without an award.

• Ethnicity breakdown: Shows the ethnic makeup of UK-domiciled students (those with a UK permanent address) across all levels, based on the most recent academic year.

Scholarship Update

• Scholarships are for Black students (home/domestic) and African/Caribbean students (international).

• "Black" includes those of Black heritage and mixed Black heritage.

• Eligibility varies by scholarship - check each listing for details.

• Scholarships are for 2026–27; some may have closed. Check back for 2027–28 updates.

• Scholarship availability changes yearly, some scholarships may be closed now but reopen later. Check official sites for details and revisit this page for updates and new listings.

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How This Data Works

• Info is based on the latest HESA (Higher Education Statistics Agency) and publicly available data for UK-domiciled students, reflecting the previous academic year (rounded to whole numbers).

• Ethnicity is self-identified, so figures are indicative, not exact.

• The “Mixed” category by HESA includes all mixed ethnic backgrounds, including mixed Black backgrounds.

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